
Episode 39: Byrne's Methodology for Discovering Animal Insight (part 3)
The Theory of Anything
Paparian Epistemology and Ad Hoc Saves
Paparian epistemology defines refuting contradiction as a testable experiment that contradicts a theory or another theory. Ad hoc saves, which are explanations that do not increase the empirical content of a theory, are not considered counter refutations in Paparian epistemology. Ad hoc saves are ruled out by Paparian epistemology unless they offer new testable consequences to the original theory.
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